Xavier University Athletics
Tuesday, December 18
Columbia, Mo.
7 p.m.
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Men's Basketball Hits The Road For A Tough Test At Missouri
12.17.18 | Men's Basketball
Musketeers have won five of their last six games.
COLUMBIA, MO --- The Xavier Musketeers, 7-4, take on the Missouri Tigers on Tuesday night at Mizzou Arena. The game is set for 7 p.m. ET on ESPNU and 700 WLW. Xavier has won five of its last six games.
Missouri, 6-3, is coming off its third straight win, an 80-64 victory over Oral Roberts on Dec. 7. Mizzou has beaten Oregon State and American Athletic Conference favorite UCF, while suffering losses to Iowa State and Kansas State and a two-point home setback vs. Temple. Xavier, 7-4, is coming off a 95-77 win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday at Cintas Center. Xavier shot 71.4 percent (35-of-49) from the field, the highest single-game effort by any team in the nation so far this season and just shy of the school record (72.2 percent vs. Butler in 1991).
Xavier leads the series 5-2, including four straight wins in the series. Xavier won the last meeting 83-82 in overtime at the 2016 Tire Pros Invitational in Orlando.
Xavier has had recent success against current teams in the Southeastern Conference despite its 88-79 overtime loss to No. 8 Auburn on Nov. 19 at the Maui Invitational. XU is 19-6 in its last 25 games against nine different current SEC members dating back to 2008.
Xavier University Musketeers (7-4, 0-0 BIG EAST)
University of Missouri Tigers (6-3, 0-0 SEC)
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 AT 7:00 p.m. ET (6 P.M. CT)
Mizzou Arena (15,061) in Columbia, Mo.
Television: ESPNU with play-by-play from Dave Neal and analysis from Jon Sundvold.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM, including via iHeart Radio and TuneIn and Sirius XM (385) and Internet (976), with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman ('79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin ('88).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com.
• Xavier is 19-6 in its last 25 games against nine different current SEC members dating back to 2008, including at least one win each over Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
• Xavier, 7-4, is coming off a 95-77 win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday. The Musketeers have won five of their last six games. XU shot 71.4 percent, the highest percentage in the nation this season by any team.
• Xavier junior Quentin Goodin is third on the team in scoring (12.67 ppg.) and leads the team in assists (third in the BIG EAST at 5.0 apg.). Goodin led XU with 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting to go with 10 assists and a career-high seven steals on Dec. 15 vs. EKU, earning a spot on the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Roll.
• Xavier sophomore Naji Marshall leads the team in scoring (13.2 ppg.) and is
second in rebounding (eighth in the BIG EAST at 7.3 rpg.).
• Xavier sophomore Paul Scruggs, who is second on the team in scoring at 12.73 ppg., has scored in double figures in eight straight games.
• Xavier junior Tyrique Jones is fourth in the BIG EAST Conference in rebounding (8.1 rpg.) and leads the BIG EAST in offensive rebounding (3.5 rpg.).
• Xavier graduate transfer Zach Hankins leads the BIG EAST Conference in field goal percentage (.754) and is sixth in the BIG EAST in blocks (1.2 bpg.).
• Xavier placed six players in double figures in scoring vs. Eastern Kentucky on Saturday and has four players averaging in double figures in scoring through 11 games.
• Xavier won its first BIG EAST Conference Regular Season Championship last season. XU begins defense of its title on Dec. 29 at DePaul.
• Xavier played in its fifth straight NCAA Tournament and its 12th in 13 years in 2018. XU earned a No. 1 seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
• Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.
Missouri, 6-3, is coming off its third straight win, an 80-64 victory over Oral Roberts on Dec. 7. Mizzou has beaten Oregon State and American Athletic Conference favorite UCF, while suffering losses to Iowa State and Kansas State and a two-point home setback vs. Temple. Xavier, 7-4, is coming off a 95-77 win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday at Cintas Center. Xavier shot 71.4 percent (35-of-49) from the field, the highest single-game effort by any team in the nation so far this season and just shy of the school record (72.2 percent vs. Butler in 1991).
Xavier leads the series 5-2, including four straight wins in the series. Xavier won the last meeting 83-82 in overtime at the 2016 Tire Pros Invitational in Orlando.
Xavier has had recent success against current teams in the Southeastern Conference despite its 88-79 overtime loss to No. 8 Auburn on Nov. 19 at the Maui Invitational. XU is 19-6 in its last 25 games against nine different current SEC members dating back to 2008.
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THE MATCHUP |
Xavier University Musketeers (7-4, 0-0 BIG EAST)
University of Missouri Tigers (6-3, 0-0 SEC)
Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 AT 7:00 p.m. ET (6 P.M. CT)
Mizzou Arena (15,061) in Columbia, Mo.
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TV, RADIO AND LIVE STATS |
Television: ESPNU with play-by-play from Dave Neal and analysis from Jon Sundvold.
Xavier Radio: 700 WLW-AM, including via iHeart Radio and TuneIn and Sirius XM (385) and Internet (976), with play-by-play from XU Hall of Famer and former Musketeer standout Joe Sunderman ('79). Analysis will be provided by Xavier Hall of Famer and XU all-time leading scorer Byron Larkin ('88).
Live Stats: Media stats at Statbroadcast.com. Fan stats at GoXavier.com.
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X FACTORS |
• Xavier is 19-6 in its last 25 games against nine different current SEC members dating back to 2008, including at least one win each over Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.
• Xavier, 7-4, is coming off a 95-77 win over Eastern Kentucky on Saturday. The Musketeers have won five of their last six games. XU shot 71.4 percent, the highest percentage in the nation this season by any team.
• Xavier junior Quentin Goodin is third on the team in scoring (12.67 ppg.) and leads the team in assists (third in the BIG EAST at 5.0 apg.). Goodin led XU with 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting to go with 10 assists and a career-high seven steals on Dec. 15 vs. EKU, earning a spot on the BIG EAST Conference Weekly Honor Roll.
• Xavier sophomore Naji Marshall leads the team in scoring (13.2 ppg.) and is
second in rebounding (eighth in the BIG EAST at 7.3 rpg.).
• Xavier sophomore Paul Scruggs, who is second on the team in scoring at 12.73 ppg., has scored in double figures in eight straight games.
• Xavier junior Tyrique Jones is fourth in the BIG EAST Conference in rebounding (8.1 rpg.) and leads the BIG EAST in offensive rebounding (3.5 rpg.).
• Xavier graduate transfer Zach Hankins leads the BIG EAST Conference in field goal percentage (.754) and is sixth in the BIG EAST in blocks (1.2 bpg.).
• Xavier placed six players in double figures in scoring vs. Eastern Kentucky on Saturday and has four players averaging in double figures in scoring through 11 games.
• Xavier won its first BIG EAST Conference Regular Season Championship last season. XU begins defense of its title on Dec. 29 at DePaul.
• Xavier played in its fifth straight NCAA Tournament and its 12th in 13 years in 2018. XU earned a No. 1 seed in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
• Xavier has graduated 109 straight men's basketball seniors dating back to the 1985-86 school year.
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